Arla M. Ruggles
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I am living on the edge, trying not to take up too much space.
Great Basin Life dwells on the fringes … between … high desert expanses and majestic mountain wilderness.
Daily, I watch the advancing edge of so-called “civilization” creeping in to swallow up what remains of our western culture and heritage, and the land that has produced them.
After many years of roving, I have returned to my hometown: Cherry Creek, Nevada (population 25). My mission is to preserve as much as I can of that which will soon vanish, through photography.
I fell in love with photography when I got my first digital camera in 1999. For the first time, I could shoot as much as I wanted—and the more I shot, the more I wanted to. There is nothing I would rather do than take pictures.
I have never taken photography classes, but have learned what little I know about it, from online forums like this one.
My work has been published in photography magazines such as JPG Magazine, and has been exhibited as far away as the American Chamber of Commerce, Vilnius, Lithuania. I own and operate a very small gallery here in Cherry Creek during the summer, and I am a founding member of Steptoe Valley Photographers’ Association.
If you love wild horses, and would like to support their continued existence in North America: Please support the ROAM Act (HR1018)
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
Please click here to view my RedBubble Gallery
If you love wild horses, and would like to support their continued existence in North America: Please support the ROAM Act (HR1018)
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
Featured Member (8)
Vibration In Art & Verse: VAVoom />The Great Outdoors
Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!
Mood and Ambience
Mountains and Mountain Light
You Big Softy
POSTED: No Trespassing
CHALLENGE WINNERS (12)
Top Ten In RedBubble Challenges __? ....... (+13 wins)
Featured Works (320)
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Groups
Arla M. Ruggles hosts Steptoe Valley Photographers' Association and is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , ! Bubble $uccess Stories !, ! ♦♣♠♥Ȃll Things Black ♥♠♣♦ !, *Paranormal The Norm* (*MUST* have description & *ONLY 2* per day, 50 tHiNgS.....(Please include 50), All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Yellow Gallery, ! $$☻Get Art Promoted☺$$ !, ! 100% !, ! φThe Dreaming Treeφ !, " ' Too Bright ' ", " You Big SOFTY", "Before and After", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Old Things - 3 per Day", "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), "♥ show me a sign ♥", ***♂♥♥QUORN♥♥♀, *A Beautiful Blur, *Focus and Lighting*, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 300+ Go Long!, 4 Winners Only, 50+ GROUP, A Place To Call Home, A View somewhere....., A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, Abandoned Dark Creepy, Abandoned Items, Abstract Macro Urban Art (eg Grungy), Abstracts from Nature, Achromatic Nature, Affection, After Dark, All About Fire, All About Flowers, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Animals Great And Small., All Around the Styles, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All Kisses, All Original Blends, All Pets Great and Small, All Soft and Cuddlies !!, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All things in the Natural World, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Things Twin, All Trucks, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Amazing Graves, AMERICAN PATRIOT, American Southwest , AMERICAS NATURAL WONDERS, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Ancient Ruins and Relics, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography -*4 legged & furry shots Only*, Animals in Action two a day , Antlers, Racks, and Other Horned Animals, Appaloosa & Spotted Horses/Ponies/Mules (NO Pintos!), aqua, lime or indigo, Arachnids, Architectural Details, Architectural Photography, Arizona, Around The World, Art For The World, Art from the Workplace, Art Inspired by Dreams, Art of the Mundane, Artrageous RB Artists - Self Portrait Gallery, At the edge, At The Store, B&W - Character - People Shots, Baby Animals (No Kittens or Puppies, 3/day), Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), Beach, River and Lake Treasures ( With location ), Beautiful ~ 1 submission per 24 hours, Bee & Wasp Passions, Beige is death!, Berries, Fruits & Seeds - 3/day, Best from Around the Barnyard {2 A Day}, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Black with a hint of colour, Blast from the Past, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Blowing In The Wind, Bokeh, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Both Sides Now, Bovine madness , Bubblers' Weekly Challenge, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Cacti and other Succulents, Candid photographs of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE), Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Capturing Emotion, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Childhood, Children-The Power of Raw Emotion , color altering, Colors of the Wind, Colour and light, Come Fly With Me!!, Conservation Photography, contrasting perceptions HELP WANTED NEED CO HOST TO RUN CHALLENGES APPLY IN THE FORUMS. THANKS, Core [C.O.R.E], Cottage Style, Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Cover Shots, Cowboy / Cowgirl Art, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Creatures that Slither and Slide (2/Day), Cutest of the Cute, daisy & company--->ONLY daisies & its species, Damselflies - (Zygoptera), Dark artists, dark art, Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Days Gone By (Photographs must be twenty years or older and include people please), Dearly Departed, Deep Within, Deer Me!!!, Depth Of Field (2 images per day) - Read Group Rules Please, Descriptions, Desert Heat, Digital Photography, Dilapidated Buildings, Dimensions, Dirty pretty things., Double exposure, Earth Keepers (How do YOU save the Earth?), Ebony and Ivory, Eerie Lighting, Elderly , Entrances (Archways and Doorways), Environmental Awareness, Equine Art and Photography, Equine Portrait Photography, Ethnic Art, Even-toed Ungulates (Mammals) Artiodactyla, Everyday Life, Everyday Women, Everything Winter, Exotic Mammals, Extreme Weather , Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, FEATURED ONLY, Feminine Intent (LIMIT TWO IMAGES PER DAY), Fine Art of Landscape Photography, First Things, Flotsam & Jetsam, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), For the love of Canon - 2 Images per day with type of Canon camera used, Forests, Frame In Frame, Freedom In Words & Art, Freedom to Shine, Fresh powder! , Friends of RedBubble, FROM THE EARTH - Jewels, Gems, Shells, Rocks & Fossils, Full Moon, Funny Kritters, Gateways, Ghostly Images, Goldrush and Ghost Towns, Good News Group - Sharing & Caring, Gorgeous Flower Cards, Grand Old Shed/Barns, Hands, Hard Science Rocks, Hats and Hat Boxes, Heritage in Stone, High Desert Life, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Historic Places *2 per day*, History, Horizons, Horse and Rider , Horses at Work - Geared up.., How to Sell Art and T-shirts, Human and Nature, I Love Birds, Icy Cold, Images & Ideas, ImageWriting (2/24), In Another World .., In the Eyes of Danger, In the Pink 50% pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Insomniacs and Other Night Crawlers, Inspired By Life, Journal Junkies, JPG Cast-Offs, Just Butterflies, Just Pure Nature., Kairos, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Leaves , LEFT WING VALUES AND POSITIVE GLOBAL AWARENESS, Let's Pay Homage, Lifeline, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Lightning and Storms, Live, Love, Dream: , Livestock in General, Mad Hatters, Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Mangroves, Marshes and Mudflats, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Masterpiece: Photography, MASTERS OF THE SCENIC, Mature Men, Mature Woman, Metallic Junktion, Mills & Mines, Miniatures and Mammoths, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains Across the Globe, Mountains and Mountain Light, Mutts, Mysteries of the Common, National Parks of the World, Natural Developments, Natural Textures, Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, New Mexico, Night Photography, Nirvana (Only 1 photographic art and 1 written work will be accepted per day ), No More Color, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Nude Pets - (2/24), Nuts about MUTTS *2 PHOTOS per day*, Object Studies & Concepts, Odd One Out, Of Noble Birth, Old & Rusty, Old farts of redbubble, Once In A Blue Moon, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Out of the Past, Outsiders, Parallel Dimensions, Passionate About Vintage, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, People and Portraiture Photography, Personal Meaning Photography, Perspectives, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photo-Zen, Photographers of Redbubble (2 per 24hr, Camera info added before it will be accepted!!), Photography Fun, Playful Photogenic Animals, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Portraits in Natural Light, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), POSTED: No Trespassing, Prize Challenges!!, Put Out! or Get Out!!!, Rabbit, rabbit!, Rabbits ,Hares only , Railway Art and Photography, Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Recycled, Reflectivity, Reptiles, Requiem, Rescued Pets, Retro Conglomerate, Rivers and Streams, ROAD PHOTOGRAPHY - your dashboard point of view!, Rocks and Stones, Route 66 - The Mother Road, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, Scenery, Seasonal 'Scapes, Selective Coloring, Sepia Only, Sets of Two, Severe Weather, Shades of Grey, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shifting Sands, Shoot The Moon, Shots in the Fog, Signs, Silhouette, Simply Horses, Sisters in Arms (feminine relationship described), Skyscapes, Small town (you must stay where the population is below 3000), Snow Days, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Sold! , Something To Say, Soul Mates, Speaking Photos (Storytelling) - 2 per day -, Speed, SPIRIT, Spirit of the Native American, Spiritual Art, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Statues and Such, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sun Rays..., Sunrise, Sunset, TABLES AND CHAIRS, Tag Along, Technical Photography, That One Great Shot, The 100 - 499 Viewings group, The 500 to 5000 Viewings Group, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Birds, The Collector's Corner, The Fabulous Prairies - 3/day, The FENCE group, ThE fInE aRt Of pEEliNg PaINt, The Fine Art of Photography, The Great Outdoors (no garden shots, limit man made objects to wilderness gear, please), The Greatest View in the World, The Healing Journey, The Human Condition, The Patchwork , The Photographer In Action, The Pony Club (no horseys over 14.2hh), The power of simplicity, The Red Barn, The Red Writing Room, The Scavenger Hunt, THE SISTERHOOD, The Thing, The true beauty, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per 24 hour limit, The Wild West Show, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, The World Is Us, The X - Human Sentiment, Those Colorful Paints (APHA) and Pintos, Timber and Water, Toilets and Bathroom Group. , Tools, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trains, Transport, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, True Potential - art showing the intention to make this world a better place., Tuesday Afternoon, TUNNEL VISION (photography only), Two Beings Group, Two Word Challenge, UN!TY , Under/ In, Underground USA, United States, United States Challenges Only - NOVEMBER THEME: Signs (3 max per month), Universal Innovation, Unlimited Quality, Up & Coming Writers, Urban Exploration, Utah Landscapes, Vanishing Points, Venomous snakes of the World, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom!, Victorian Viewfinders, Vintage and Gorgeous, Visual Texture(no pornography,nudes or offensive works), Wall of the World , Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Waves, Welcome To Utah, Western United States Artists and Photographers, What A Shot , Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Wild Birds in Flight, Wildflowers of North America - 3/day, Windows and Doors, Wolves & Wild Kin, Woman Appreciation, Wondrous Workhorses, Working Dogs (Herding), Yer pullin' my leg !, You're Accepted, Your Country's Best (2 images per day), Your Living spaces. , Your Magic PLACE (only a place!) and ≈• Monochrome •≈ (No Black and White!).
Journal Entries
Co-Host Needed for new NEVADA Group
Posted about 22 hours ago, 2 comments so far.
New Group: Steptoe Valley Photographers' Association
Posted 1 day ago, 3 comments so far.
Features and Challenge Wins (2009.NOV.06-13)
Posted 5 days ago, 13 comments so far.
Features & Top Tens (2009.NOV.01-07)
Posted 13 days ago, 2 comments so far.
Features and Challenge Wins! (2009.OCT.25-31)
Posted 20 days ago, 16 comments so far.
Do you want to take a ride?
Posted 26 days ago, 19 comments so far.
Features and Top Tens (2009.OCT.18-24)
Posted 27 days ago, 7 comments so far.
Features and Top Tens - (2009.OCT.11-17)
Posted about 1 month ago, 4 comments so far.
Features and Top Tens Galore! PLUS SALES!!!
Posted about 1 month ago, 16 comments so far.
Farewell - and Features 2009.SEP.20-22
Posted about 1 month ago, 10 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Mustang Milestone: The Freeze Brand
(2009.SEP.17)— Three months ago tomorrow, Spring was rescued from certain death on the open range. Today, for the first time, BLM agents came to inspect Spring’s environment, and to …
The Miracle of Spring: Orphan Mustang
Featured on The Pony Club / (2009.JUL.10) 2009.JUN.19— / Yesterday afternoon, my friend Glenys and I set out on a shoot to test my new lens (Sigma 70-300). We were going to go south, to a …
Grouse Encounters Of The Weird Kind
This creature had attitude!
